# Halsway Manor

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Halsway Manor - King Orphy & The Hag with the Money

Sarah shares from her week at Halsway Manor (National Centre for Folk Arts) - the library behind a hidden door, feeling like a rabbit in the headlights among musicians, and telling the story of King Orphy (the ballad version where they COME BACK). Plus: Mother’s Christmas (January 6th, Irish women …

Lantern Lighting

While Sarah is at Halsway Manor (National Centre for Folk Arts) working on stories, she’s asked Owen Staton from “Time Between Times” podcast to share a tale. Owen (ex-copper, extraordinary voice) tells “The Lantern of Cwm Ddu” - a Welsh ghost story from Carmarthenshire about a father’s love that …

Mel Biggs: Trusting Instinct & Opportunity

Mel Biggs is a Morris dancer, musician, and highly-renowned melodeon tutor based in Derbyshire, England. In her professional career, Mel has risen from the EFDSS Aspire program with Andy Cutting to form Moirai with Jo Freya and Sarah Matthews. Together they created 3 albums and toured the UK and Eu…

Benjamin Macke: Creating Connections Through Music

Did you know that silent movies are still a thing? And who knew that diatonic accordion works so well in Baroque music?! And what's this about a Belgian footbass? Benjamin Macke is a French accordionist, composer, teacher and Belgian basse au pied revivalist living in Belgium. His musical style is …

Episode 21: Boo Hewerdine

In this first episode of Series 3, we welcome award-winning singer-songwriter and producer, Boo Hewerdine. Boo’s career spans almost 40 years, ranging from his big label signing in the 1980s with his band, The Bible, through to solo work, regular collaboration with Eddi Reader, and songwriting and …

Connecting to the Land Through Traditional Tales with Lisa Schneidau

How can traditional tales re-connect us to the landscape in ways that heal the relationship between people and the rest of nature?  In this episode,  I talk to Lisa Schneidau, a Devonshire based ecologist and storyteller, about her journey with story, nature conservation and education.  Lisa is the…

Halsway Manor

Helen Mark heads to the Quantock Hills to visit the national centre for folk arts and meet some of the people taking part in a 'Winter Warmer' celebration of music and dance. She meets musician Becki Driscoll whose track 'Cold Light' was composed in the summer house at the Manor, and asks Chief Ex…

Firecast 009: Folk legends Blowzabella

Folk legends Blowzabella are celebrating 40 years of their inimitable, drone-based wall of sound. Yet, they remain largely unknown outside their own cult circles. The band's latest workshop weekend, at Halsway Manor in the Quantock Hills in west Somerset brought the Blowzabella family together to c…